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hardmen
n. (plural of hardman English)
Usage examples of "hardmen".
There was no open display of gun-leather, but those guys inside the compound were hardmen all the same.
The hardmen in the parlor recoiled and tracked about, weapons seeking a new target in their desperate race for life.
Counting Angel and his crew, there were eleven heads down there, hardmen all, milling about the dusty Crew wagon and peppering the new arrivals with demands for information.
Twice, teams of hardmen drove north in search of Kaufman and Ruby, and twice, they disappeared without a trace.